“Cut!” – the AI director

“Cut!” – the AI director Rory Cellan-Jones Technology correspondent 23 June 2016 From the section Technology Media captionAI technologies from IBM and Microsoft were used to make the videoFrom Ex Machina to Terminator, artificial intelligence has long been a subject for film-makers. But what if AI could actually make a movie?At the Cannes Lions advertising festival on Thursday morning, an audience was shown a series of short films in the annual New Directors Showcase, which highlights emerging talent. One of the entries had AI as a director.A few days ago, I saw Eclipse, a pop video featuring a French band, at the offices of Saatchi and Saatchi, which runs the Cannes showcase and commissioned the AI entry. What is remarkable about it is not the production values – it is…